Who Contributed To The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet

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There were a lot of characters that contributed to the tragedy. There were only three that contributed to it the most. Those characters were Romeo, Juliet, and The Friar. The character that contributed the most was Romeo. Romeo and Juliet was madly in love and they wanted to get married secretly. They made up a plan and Romeo didn’t get the note that had the plan in it. When he was on his way to see Juliet, Tybalt killed his best friend, so Romeo kills Tybalt and then kills the Prince. Romeo sees Juliet, but he thinks she dead so he kills himself. The second character that contributed the most is Juliet. Juliet loved Romeo and wanted to marry him and not the Prince, because it was true love at first sight for them. She

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